लफड़ा

See also: लफडे

Hindi

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Gujarati લફડો (laphḍo). Compare Marathi लफडे (laphḍe).

A folk etymology suggests it is borrowed from French l’affaire, which is very unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləpʰ.ɽɑː/, [lɐpʰ.ɽäː]

Noun

लफड़ा • (laphṛā) m (Urdu spelling لپھڑا)

1. (originally Bombay Hindi, slang) fight, dispute, problem

   Synonyms: लड़ाई (laṛāī), झगड़ा (jhagṛā)

   यार हम कैसे लफड़े में फस गए!

   yār ham kaise laphṛe mẽ phas gae!

   What kind of dilemma have we landed ourselves in friend!

Declension

Declension of लफड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लफड़ा laphṛā	लफड़े laphṛe
oblique	लफड़े laphṛe	लफड़ों laphṛõ
vocative	लफड़े laphṛe	लफड़ो laphṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “laphṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press